Archive for February, 2012

Geek Vacation Day #2: Going Native 2012

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Another great morning at Going Native 2012. Herb Sutter’s keynote on future plans for C++ was really interesting. But so far what’s really impressed me is the CLang compiler’s error and warning handling. I think this would really help the usability of C++. Often half the battle is ...

Geek Vacation Day #1: Going Native 2012

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

I’m m taking another busman’s holiday and attending Going Native 2012. Like my GPU Technology Conference trip a few years ago this is a geek vacation rather than work for Microsoft. Although bizaarly it’s taking place at the Microsoft Conference Center on campus, it feels a little weird ...